Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla’s Sentry Mode is about to bring things to a whole new level by enabling Tesla owners to remotely see what their cars can see through Autopilot cameras. We recently learned that Tesla is planning a big software update, likely version 11, to be pushed to its fleet around the holidays. CEO Elon Musk is teasing a ‘fire’ update with new surprise features. We are still trying to figure out…

A used Tesla buyer managed to get himself a fully working 2014 Model S electric sedan for just $15,000, or about $15,000 less than the going price. That was all thanks to a company that was able to find a single bad battery cell in the pack. The company in question is Gruber Motor Company. Gruber made its name in the Tesla community by reviving Tesla Roadster battery packs — putting back the…

The electric car market is about to be accessible to a lot more people as we now learn that Tesla and Volkswagen, the two market leaders for electric vehicles, have now both greenlighted electric car programs that are going to start at ~$25,000 to $30,000. In surveys about going electric, the price of new electric cars is always one of the top concerns of new buyers. When it comes to the luxury…

Tesla is currently improving on its Full Self-Driving Beta software with new updates and we are catching glimpses of what it can do in the early access program. Now we see a quick new video of the Tesla FSD Beta yielding for a pedestrian in an intersection that would give some humans pause. Last month, Tesla started to release its first Full Self-Driving Beta software update to a limited group…